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Will the speed of online reading deplete our analytic thought? | Maryanne Wolfhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/14/marshall-mcluhan-analytic-thought
Marshall McLuhan's hypothesis about the medium influencing our reading circuits forms an apt prelude to today's debates<p>Susan Greenfield's <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128236.400-susan-greenfield-living-online-is-changing-our-brains.html" title="New Scientist: Living online is changing our brains">recent comments</a> about how modern technology and social media are changing the way our brains work have caused <a href="http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2011/08/open-letter-to-baroness-susan.html" title="DeevyBee: An open letter to Baroness Susan Greenfield ">quite a stir</a> in the academic community: these changes, she claims, are as important to understand as climate change. One interesting way of assessing the value of her statements is to look at the nature of the &quot;reading brain&quot;.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/14/marshall-mcluhan-analytic-thought">Continue reading...</a>InternetHealthNeuroscienceSocietyScienceTechnologySun, 14 Aug 2011 13:29:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/14/marshall-mcluhan-analytic-thoughtNick Daly/Getty Images'The human brain was never meant to read'. Photograph: Nick Daly/Getty ImagesNick Daly/Getty Images'The human brain was never meant to read'. Photograph: Nick Daly/Getty ImagesMaryanne Wolf2011-08-14T13:29:01Z